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Reliable home phone service in San Marcos, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 64,776
Total number of households with telephone service: 29,603
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,921
Number of senior citizens: 6,089
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,349
Number of cell towers: 13
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Texas
Reliable home phone service in San Marcos, TX that doesn't require internet
Blanco River Village, Castle Forest, Franklin Square, Hernandez, Holland Hills, Hughson Heights, La Cima, Mockingbird Hills, Oak Heights, Post Road, Spring Lake Hills, Sunset Acres, Willow Creek, Windmill Farms, Wonder World and many more.
City Population: 64,776
Total number of households with telephone service: 29,603
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,921
Number of senior citizens: 6,089
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,349
Number of cell towers: 13
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in San Marcos, TX. Community Phone allows you to keep your landline phone without internet or copper wire.
In fact, Community Phone is the only landline phone service in San Marcos, TX that does not require internet. Other service providers such as Spectrum, AT&T, and Verizon require an internet connection or a bundle package with cable or internet.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 1,522 seniors in San Marcos don't want their primary phone service tied to their internet, even if they do have internet.
Community Phone works by connecting the landline phones of San Marcos residents to cell towers. And San Marcos is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Marcos, covering 30 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Marcos to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Marcos, not just the most populated zip codes like 46060, 46062.
Landline phone service usage in San Marcos is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 9.40% of San Marcos's 64,776 people are over the age of 65, which means about 3,958 senior citizens in San Marvelous still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,218 San Marcoans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Marcoans. 22.50% of San Marcos's 23,769 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,348 households can't use internet-based landline service.
